signcode : Java Glossary

The DOS-only application used to sign Applets to let them bypass the security
restrictions of the Internet Explorer’s
You also need abarc.exe, chktrust, signer.dll and javasign.dll.

jarsigner is the Sun
JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.3/1.4 analog of
signcode.

In 2003, Microsoft has changed the ways cab files are
signed. You now use Microsoft signtool instead
of signcode. I don’t know how compatible it is with the old way of Authenticode
signing Java Applets.

You can no longer download the MS JVM (Java Virtual Machine).
I think it is time the MS JVM and the Authenicode signing scheme were buried and
forgotten. Ask your IE (Internet Explorer) users to install the Sun Java JRE.